Timetable

Program for Friday 6th March
08.30 – 09.00 Opening ceremony / welcome address
09.00 – 10.30 Mark Evans: New strategies for prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal and genetic disease.
Kypros Nicolaides (by teleconference) Fetal therapy: Myth or reality?
10.30 – 11.00 Morning Coffee
11.00 – 12.30 Imaging the fetal central nervous system Pre-eclampsia ASA Basic T2 Morphology Workshop
Amanda Sampson: Current standards in routine 2D neurosonography Brian Trudinger: PET and IUGR: diseases with different aetiologies
Vincenzo D’Addario: Prenatal investigation of mild ventriculomegaly Ann Quinton: Sonographic technique for accurate Doppler assessment
Eberhardt Merz: 3D ultrasound for assessment of the fetal brain Gustaaf Dekker: The prediction of pre-eclampsia
Steven Sinnott: Fetal MR for neuro assessment Andrew Shennan: Prophylaxis against pre-eclampsia
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Symposium 1 Live Scan Session Lunch Symposium 2 Live scan session
Poster 1 Poster 2
14.00 – 15.30 Imaging the cervix and preventing preterm delivery Hot Topics in Obstetrics ASA: Fetal Brain Workshop
Andrew Shennan: Advances in the prediction and prevention of preterm birth Frank Chervenak: Patient choice caesarean: The role of evidence and ethics
Colleen Cook: Ultrasound assessment of the cervix TBC: The natural caesarean section
Siu Chung CHIM: free placental RNA and non-invasive monitoring of preterm labour. TY Leung: How can we enhance the impact of external cephalic version?
Robert Brent: Is progesterone teratogenic? Jonathan Morris: Delivery of the infant with preterm prelabour rupture of membranes
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea
16.00 – 18.00 Fetal Therapy I Risk assessment in rural areas: ASA: 3rd Trim Doppler Workshop
Mark Kilby: Diagnosis and treatment of bladder outflow obstruction Glenn Gardener: Telemedicine consults and remote reporting
Giovanni Monni: Embryo reduction in high-order multiples pregnancies Andrew Shennan: Fetal fibronectin screening for preterm delivery
Jodie Dodd: Predicting fetal anaemia using MCA Doppler: pre and post transfusion Jon Hyett: Cervical length U/S screening for preterm delivery.
Catherine Hyland: Free fetal DNA for accurate determination of fetal Rhesus status  
Badreldeen Ahmed: In utero therapy for fetal anaemia Rob Ogle: Gestational hypertension or Pre-eclampsia? Clinical assessment of s-FLT
18.00 - 19.30 Welcome cocktails
Program for Saturday 7th March
08.00 – 10.00 Monochorionic twins Intrauterine growth restriction
Jon Hyett: Outcomes in monochorionic twin pregnancies Giampaolo Mandruzzato: Guidelines for the definition and management of IUGR
Ruben Quintero: Fetoscopic laser ablation for TTS and IUGR in MCDA twins TBC: Choice of antihypertensives in pre-eclampsia with significant iugr
Yves Ville: Ultrasound assessment of cardiac function for the staging of TTS TBC: Fetal Doppler
Mark Kilby: Cytokine and angiogenic growth factors released after laser Caroline Crowther: Corticosteroids – which, when and how often?
Danny Challis: Selective reduction in monochorionic twins Narelle Fagermo: Improving maternal outcome in HELLP with Dexamethasone
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Coffee
10.30 – 12.00 Emergency / intrapartum ultrasound Materno-Fetal Infection ASA: First trimester Workshop
Sonja Kupesic: Imaging trauma in pregnancy Liliana Voto: The management of HIV in pregnancy: an Argentinean perspective
Peter Dietz: Predicting the outcome of labour at term with ultrasound Corazon Yabes-Almirante: Infection and PPRoM: perspective from the Philippines
Brad De Vries: Ultrasound assessment of fetal position in the second stage of labour TBC: The epidemiology of congenital CMV and rationale for intrauterine treatment with IVIG
TBC: Using ultrasound to assess labour and to aid delivery Yves Ville: Diagnosis of the fetus affected by CMV and the rationale for intrauterine treatment with Gancyclovir
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch / Live Scan Session / Oral Abstracts I and II
13.30 – 15.30 First trimester ultrasound Obesity and Macrosomia
Nese Kavak: Early pregnancy ultrasound: correlation with clinical finings John Newnham: Preventing obesity and diabetes at their early-life origins.
Tze Kin Lau: Down syndrome screening in Chinese populations at 11-14 weeks Leonie Calloway: Maternal and fetal complications of obesity
Hung Winn: The role of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) in the pre-implantation development of the rat embryo. TBC: Hyperglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Ritsuko Pooh: First trimester Three-Dimensional Sonoembryology Michael Permezel: Understanding the Pathophysiology of Gestational Diabetes
Jiri Sonek: The nasal bone and FMF angle in screening for trisomy 21 George Yeo: The prediction and prevention of injury from shoulder dystocia
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea
16.00 – 17.30 3D/4D ultrasound Prenatal diagnosis ASA: Fetal Heart Workshop
Patrick Chia: Does 3D/4D help in the detection of fetal abnormalities? Aris Antsaklis: 10002 amniocentesies in a single centre: complications and follow-up
TBC: Cardiac assessment with STIC Kwong Wai CHOY Molecular Karyotyping by array CGH in amniotic fluid: a new horizon for Prenatal Diagnosis.
Azim Kurjak: Application of a 3D/4D neurological scoring system in high risk pregnancies Gian Carlo Di Renzo: Further developments in prenatal diagnosis using fetal cells.
Eberhardt Merz: Evaluation of fetal limb malformations Tze Kin Lau: Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities and genetic syndromes
19:00 Conference Dinner
Program for Sunday 8th March
08.00 – 09.15 Postdates pregnancy Interruption of pregnancy
Giampaolo Mandruzzato: What risk is the fetus exposed to in post term pregnancy? Jan Dickenson: Mifepristone and / or misoprostol for second trimester induction of labour
TBC: Imaging the post term fetus  
Jodie Dodd: Misoprostol for term induction of labour TBC: Post-mortem imaging of the fetus
09.15 – 09.45 Breakfast
09.45 – 11.00 Fetal echocardiography Improving neonatal outcome
Simon Meagher: The cardiac ultrasound quiz TBC: Functional neonatal echocardiography: an emerging clinical tool.
Ana Bianchi: Ultrasound screening for cardiac defects Tzu Hsi LAO: Maternal Thyroid and Iodine Status on Neonatal Thyroid Function
Mark Kilby: The outcome of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Malcolm Levene: Brain hypothermia in birth asphyxia. A valuable new treatment?
TBC: Intrauterine intervention for critical aortic stenosis TBC: Developmental outcome after very preterm birth.
11.00 – 11.30 Morning Coffee
11.30 – 13.30 Yves Ville: In utero therapy for diaphragmatic hernia
Robert Brent: The teratogenic effects of alcohol and non-prescribed drugs
John Newnham: Preventing preterm birth: the role of periodontal disease
13.30 – 14.00 Closing ceremony